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No. 608,732. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

K. G. A. UHLIG.

BAIL AND RAILWAY TRACK.

(Application filed Dec. 30, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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RAIL AND RAILWAYMTRACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,782, dated August9, 1898.

' Application filed December 30, 1897. Serial No, 664,776. (No modeli)To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KARL GUIDO ARTHUR UHLIG, asubject of the King ofSaxony, and a resident of Leitelshain, near Orimmitzschau, Kingdom ofSaxony, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rails andRailway-Tracks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The present invention relates to railwaytracks; and it consists in thedetails of construction hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointedout in the claims, and in order to render the present specification moreeasily intelligible reference is had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich similar letters of reference denote similar parts throughout theseveral views.

Figure 1 is a cross-section through the rail; Fig. 2, a side elevation,and Fig. 3 a side elevation of a portion of the track.

According to the present invention the rail is made in two parts A andB, the former comprising the head, having two downwardlyextending websor flanges C 0 arranged a slight distance apart and extending to the topof the flange or foot 13 of the rail, and the latter comprising the saidflange or foot B and having a central longitudinal upwardly-extendingflange a, which is inclosed by the two flanges O O of the head A. Thetwo parts are fixed together by means of screws '8, and the ends of theflanges O O are beveled off and fit in corresponding recesses in theflange B, so as to prevent their lateral extension.

The rail -spikes n and the hooks h alternate with each other along theline of rails, and the heads of the former are cut away, so that the endof the flanges O C may close down onto the cut-away part, thus securingthe spike on the one hand and being prevented by the projectingremaining part of the said spike-head 1) from bulging outwardly.

The main advantage of rails of the present construction and of tracksconstructed by means of such rails is that the joints of the two partsof the rails may be displaced as regards each other, as is shown at Fig.3. The sections of the flange-rail B are joined at 00, which joint iscovered by the head rail A, the sections of which are joined at pointswhere no joint of the flange or foot rail occurs. Thus perfectlynoiseless traveling will result from the employment of rails of thepresent description. 7 7

The rib a is slightly tapered toward its upper end to insure the ends ofthe flanges C O resting on the foot-plate B.

The cross-section of the rail may be varied to suit particularcircumstances, the present invention not being confined to anypartlcular section of rail.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a rail-section having therail-head and downwardly-extending longitudinal flanges, a foot-sectionhaving upwardly-extending longitudinal rib, means for securing the partstogether as specified, and

spikes to penetrate said foot-section, said spikes having their headslying partly underneath the lower edges of the head-rail flangessubstantially as described.

2. The combination of a rail having a headsection and a foot-section andmeans for combining the two sections as specified, spikes to penetratesaid foot-section having their heads partly cut away and lyingunderneath the downwardly-extending head-rail, the remainder of saidspike-head projecting up wardly at the side of said rail substantiallyas described. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

KARL GUIDO ARTHUR UHLIi}.

Witnesses:

I-I. SARK, RUDI FRICKE.

